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Bio-crime drama directed by Ridley Scott. House of Gucci (2021) is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.
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'True talent is often unaware of its own brilliance. It must be cherished and protected. Whereas hacks, they run around, shouting their delicious ideas, begging to be recognized. Blind to their own mediocrity.' - (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
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Patrizia Reggiani: It was a name that sounded so sweet, so seductive. Synonymous with wealth, style, power. You passed one of their windows and peeked inside, hoping you’d earn enough money someday to afford the second cheapest item. Surprise! You won’t. But the last name was a curse too. It belonged to a Tuscan family. They didn’t fight over land or crown. They fought over their own skins.
Maurizio Gucci: Patrizia, how come I’ve never seen you before?
Patrizia Reggiani: You weren’t looking hard enough.
Maurizio Gucci: I would have noticed that Bianca was friends with Elizabeth Taylor.
Patrizia Reggiani: I can assure you, I’m way more fun.
Maurizio Gucci: I have to go.
Patrizia Reggiani: It’s only midnight, Cinderella. The night is young.
Maurizio Gucci: I turn into a frog at midnight. It’s nice to meet you, Patrizia.
Patrizia Reggiani: [as Maurizio walks away] It’s a pumpkin. Not a frog!
Maurizio Gucci: I’m studying to be a lawyer.
Patrizia Reggiani: You seem too nice to be a lawyer.
Maurizio Gucci: Well, there are a few good ones.
Patrizia Reggiani: The dead ones.
Patrizia Reggiani: Aren’t you going to ask me out?
Maurizio Gucci: You want to go on a date with me? Of course, I would.
Patrizia Reggiani: I want to see how this story goes.
Patrizia Reggiani: [referring to the painting] Picasso?
Rodolfo Gucci: No. No, no. No, it’s Klimt.
Patrizia Reggiani: How silly of me.
Rodolfo Gucci: Oh, no, no, no, no. It’s an easy mistake. I’ve made worse myself.
Patrizia Reggiani: Must be worth a fortune.
Rodolfo Gucci: Yes. But you know, to me, art, like beauty, has no price.
Rodolfo Gucci: So, Patrizia, what exactly are your interests?
Patrizia Reggiani: I’m a very social person.
Rodolfo Gucci: Are you?
Patrizia Reggiani: A people pleaser.
Rodolfo Gucci: You know, there is a certain sort of young woman, who makes their fortune from getting their hooks into someone like you.
Maurizio Gucci: Well, yes, Father. But Patrizia is not like that.
Rodolfo Gucci: Well, I had Franco do a little investigation. I think she’s after your money. Like they all are.
'Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.' - Aldo Gucci (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
Rodolfo Gucci: The Reggianis are truck drivers.
Maurizio Gucci: Her father has a very successful transportation business. It is an empire.
Rodolfo Gucci: Oh! A truck driving empire. How many?
Maurizio Gucci: How many what?
Rodolfo Gucci: How many trucks? Fifty? Five hundred? What does he transport, garbage? Huh? Mafia!
Rodolfo Gucci: I give you everything. I give you this house, I give you money. You have a life. What is it you want?
Maurizio Gucci: What I want is to marry her.
Rodolfo Gucci: Live with her. F*** her. Have a good time with her. Do what you want. Go away on holiday. Go to Sardinia. But, no, not marry.
Maurizio Gucci: [to Rodolfo] Okay, listen to yourself. You’re so bitter, and you don’t even realize it. Who cares what her family name is, or how many trucks they have. You hide here in the past, and you expect me to hide here with you? Not anymore! These are your ghosts. These are your ghosts, not mine. These are your regrets.
Rodolfo Gucci: I cut you from my will. I’ll leave you with nothing.
Maurizio Gucci: That’s fine. I love her.
Rodolfo Gucci: You’re making a big mistake. Oh, she’s fine. But, you know, she’s just a…
Maurizio Gucci: I love what she is.
'Sometimes you have to go down to come back up again.' - Maurizio Gucci (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
Maurizio Gucci: [to Fernando] I have had a disagreement with my father that has forced me to leave my home and my family business. I am still in school. I’m studying to be a lawyer, so as of this moment I do not have a job. But I’m in love with your daughter. And I would like to marry her. Although, now I have nothing to offer her. I need a job.
Rodolfo Gucci: Gucci doesn’t belong in a mall, it belongs in a museum.
Aldo Gucci: Museum where it’ll make no profit.
Aldo Gucci: You are old. Maurizio is your only son. He is your true legacy. You don’t bring him back into the fold, I’m telling you, you’ll only wind up being a bitter and lonely old man. That’s what happens to all of us.
Rodolfo Gucci: Time will tell.
Rodolfo Gucci: You? You, teaching me?
Aldo Gucci: That’s correct.
Rodolfo Gucci: How’s it going with your boy? Hmm?
Aldo Gucci: Well, your son is a smart lawyer. Mine is an idiot. But he’s my idiot. And I know how to deal with him. But you need to deal with your son.
Patrizia Reggiani: [as Aldo is inviting Patrizia and Maurizio to his birthday] Your birthday, I would love that. How many candles is it?
Aldo Gucci: Seventy. They say it’s the new sixty-nine.
'Sometimes it takes an outsider to see the truth.' - Domenico De Sole (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
Aldo Gucci: Patrizia, you should know, that the Guccis were noble saddle-makers to medieval courts. We have history flowing through these green and red webbings. And, yes, we are expensive. But quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.
Domenico De Sole: [referring to Paolo’s outfit] It’s eccentric.
Paolo Gucci: I designed this myself.
Aldo Gucci: Well, you should reconsider your wardrobe choices, Paolo. You are Gucci. You need to dress the part.
Paolo Gucci: It’s chic.
Paolo Gucci: [referring to Gucci] It needs new ideas. New energy.
Aldo Gucci: Of course.
Paolo Gucci: And I happen to be bursting with creativity. Yes, my bladder may be full, but my dreams are even fuller. I’m like a rush of water.
Aldo Gucci: Somebody build a dam.
Paolo Gucci: You’re always brushing me off. I’m a designer. I need to express myself.
Aldo Gucci: But why all this sudden moaning? What do you want?
Paolo Gucci: Because, I’m so sick of you ignoring me.
Aldo Gucci: I am sick of your talking. Sick of it.
Paolo Gucci: You deliberately hurt my feelings.
Maurizio Gucci: It’s all bulls**t. We’re not royalty. My grandfather Guccio was a bellhop in London. That’s where he got the idea for leather goods. By carrying bags around for rich aristocrats. Gucci is like that cake. Once you think there’s enough to go around, then you’ll have a taste, and then you’ll want more. And then you’ll want the whole thing for yourself.
'Father, Son, and House of Gucci.' - Patrizia Reggiani (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
Patrizia Reggiani: What about you? You just going to sit around and watch them eat everything?
Maurizio Gucci: Me, I’m Gucci by name. I don’t have their Tuscan character. It was diluted by my mother’s German blood.
Pina Auriemma: [after Patrizia sees Pina’s ad on the TV, over phone] What is your question, Patrizia?
Patrizia Reggiani: Will I be successful?
Pina Auriemma: You have to be more specific. In what? Career, marriage, what?
Patrizia Reggiani: Will I get what I want?
Pina Auriemma: That was not specific. But I know what you want. You want everything. Well, don’t be disappointed if you don’t hear what you want to hear.
Patrizia Reggiani: Tell me everything.
Pina Auriemma: I see a great fortune coming your way.
Patrizia Reggiani: How big?
Patrizia Reggiani: Maurizio is, he’s proud.
Aldo Gucci: We all are, darling. We all are.
Aldo Gucci: [to Patrizia] My dear, you smell that? Smell that. This is legacy. These gorgeous beasts. Do you know that these gorgeous beasts are the direct descendants of the ones Guccio bought way back when? They deserve our respect. They deserve our gratitude. They are Val di Chiana cows.
'Don't focus on the process, focus on the result.' - Patrizia Reggiani (House of Gucci) Click To Tweet
Aldo Gucci: I can’t talk to my son Paolo about any of this. He hates Gucci talk. He only talks about himself. But as you know, he’s a strange bird. My son is a strange bird.
Patrizia Reggiani: He’s definitely unique.
Aldo Gucci: Useless. Sadly.
Patrizia Reggiani: Family is important, Maurizio. You can’t erase yourself from the family portrait just because you enjoy playing with trucks.
Maurizio Gucci: This is the happiest I’ve been in my life. Why change that?
Patrizia Reggiani: You, you’re so much more than this. You can help the family. Strong family makes a strong business.
Rodolfo Gucci: So you have ideas?
Paolo Gucci: Boof. Does an elephant s**t in the jungle? I was born with a gift. I’m an artist. My father, he just won’t see it.
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